Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1887-05-11
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engine.
 Nogalss has had another outbreak oi
 smallpex.
 Vanadium has been found in luna
 county mine. Tombstone public schools have closed for want of funds.
 Cochise county will fund iis indebted
 ness of Sl57 !OO. Tucson runs its city government with three policemen. Phenix had slight shock of an earth quake on Tuesday. There are no new developments in the Tucson train robbery matter. Phenix has Chinese physician among it's other attractions J.N. Bracewen and wife have left Tombstone to reside in Los Angeles. Not a habitAble house was left in Charleston, by the recent earthquake.
 Graham county will issue $l0O.0OO oi | funding bonds, bearing ! per cent in- terest.
 Charles l.. Mosher will be connected with the new democratic paper in Phenix.
 An artesian we'll will be sunk in Tucson, on the territorial university grounds.
 Tom WeeSiiu. of the Enterprise, has retired from journalism 10 engage m more lucrative business. The material for s new demoorAtic paper. to be started in Phenix shortly, has already been ordered. Marshal Meade has made two arrests of parties suspected of being connected with the s. P. train robbery. Governor Zulick is billed for lecture at Tucson, and the Star says the people are anxious to gaze on him. T. N. Edmunds and Miss Nettie Prince, both of Tucson, were married Sunday by Rev. F. w. Downs. Sam Purdey presided at the temper ance lecture in Yuma. A shining ex- ample for the cause, no doubt. Two or three active volcanoes are re- ported in the southern part of this terri tory, e result of the earthquake. NJ. r. Freeman has resigned his posi- ton in the Tucson postOfice to take . position in D. Henderson's bank. Several large springs were started from the mountain sides in the southern part of the territory, by the recent earth quake.
 A petition is being circulated at Peach Springs, asking for the appointment of J. W. Cohenour as postmaster at that place.
 A son of w. s. Oury has been appoint | ed as mounted collector of customs, position held by MT. Oury prior to his death.
 J.J. Patton, Tombstone merchant, was married on Thursday to daughter of Judge J. 8. Robinson, of the same place.
 Geo. W. Brown, of the Citizen, and R. c. Brown formerly connected with that paper, have purchased the Florence En-
 terprise.
 The impression is gaining ground that
 Red Murphy" was the leader of the gang, which recently held up the train
 near Pantano.
 Tuesdays earthquake was felt at El
 Paso, Deming, Tucson, Yuma, Pheni1 and Mcdowell. It seemed the heaviest
 at the latter place.
 Pima county officials have been
 frightened out of their offices by the
 earthquake. and now transact their
 business in the plaza
 The Phenix gold excitement was the
 result of . practical joke, played by
 some one throwing some gold dust in
 pan and washing it out.
 Rev. David McFaWn and family, of
 Nogales, have gone to Thunder Bay. in
 Lake Huron, near the Michigan coast,
 where they will reside in future.
 The city authorities of Tucson are
 taking measures to place the city in as
 good sanitary condition as possible, before the hot summer weather begins-
 The Gazette says that Hon Clark Churchill has rented all the second
 story of the Porter building, in Phenix,
 paying $l 800 cash in advance. It con
 tains sixteen rooms. | Foster s. Dennis, of the Arizona sam- bling works at Kingman, was married
 at Glen Allen. Sonoma county, Cal. on Sunday, the lst inst. They will arrive a' Kingman next Sunday. The Globe Silver Belt says that stocl . on the San Pedro is in very bad condi tion. There has been great scarcity o , | rain in that section for four yean, ans | the range is overstocked. Fl McPherson Brothers, of Orange, Cali fornia, the largest raisin-makers II
 America, have purchased 64O acres O land near Phenix, and will plant vitl Muscat grape vines. This will cause th . setting out of AO,O00 vines of the raisi' grape.
 Phenix elected the following cit
 officials, Tuesday, May 3d: DeFores Porter, mayor; J. R. Loosely, council :. man from first ward J. A. Lutgerdinf second; c. H. Rothrock, third; Lincol Fowler, fourth; F. D. Wells, marshAl :. A. Leonard Meyer, treasurer. I'll At Benson, it is said, the earthquak n cracked the ground iD some places an
 did some damage to buildings. Tn water supply in some instances was cr !. of entirely and others augmented. Tn :" San Pedro river suddenly ceased to flo y and for short time was entirely dr Y only to resume its course again with 'i volume at least two feet higher than b
 fore,